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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.45pt;margin-left:0in;background:white'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>In December 2005 there was a puppymill intake of 20+ bassets from Little Rock CA. </span><strong><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>We were forced to return 11 intact bassets to that horrific situation.</span></i></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Those faces have given me nightmares for years. I have<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>NEVER</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>stopped trying to save them for 12 years.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.45pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Last week a networking rescue contacted us. She had just taken in all of the dogs of a deceased owner, including 2 bassets.<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Bingo!</span></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Same woman. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.45pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>T</span></i></strong><em><b><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>hi</span></b></em><strong><i><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>s week we got 2 back and MYSTIC needs help NOW!</span></i></strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.45pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>I was<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>shocked and sickened</span></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to learn several dogs had died of starvation in that nightmare of a situation. Those babies I will forever have on my heart. Today we were able to intake the two bassets. Tammy, a tri-colored basset, has a possible home after she gets out of heat, is spayed, has a dental and some training.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.45pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>This lovely red and white girl,<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Mystic</span></strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>, is one of the hounds we were forced to give back. Yes she's an old girl … Mystic is the last hound left from all those years ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.45pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><strong><i><u><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>She has had 12 years of the worst life you can imagine.</span></u></i></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Mystic needs everything including removal of -2-<span class=apple-converted-space><b> </b></span></span><strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>giant masses</span></strong><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>, one on her neck, the other on her rump. bad teeth etc. Her medical needs will cost several thousand dollars for sure... yet, this girls tail has not stopped wagging.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.45pt;margin-left:0in;background:white;box-sizing: border-box;font-variant-ligatures: normal;font-variant-caps: normal;orphans: 2;text-align:start;widows: 2;-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;word-spacing:0px'><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>Please<span class=apple-converted-space> </span><em><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>donate</span></b></em><span class=apple-converted-space> </span>to help cover Mystic's medical bills<span class=apple-converted-space> </span></span><strong><i><u><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>and share</span></u></i></strong><span class=apple-converted-space><i><u><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'> </span></u></i></span><span style='font-size:7.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#555555'>with any friends who may be interested in Mystic's story. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To help, click on this link: <a href="https://www.givinggrid.com/zmdbwv/">https://www.givinggrid.com/zmdbwv/</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sandi Wittenberg<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Red Bay Bassets<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>sandi@redbaybassets.com<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>